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My Daughter the Terrorist

Regular readers of The Hames Report may recall that I am blessed with ten children. They range in age from 2 to 37 years. Naturally each sibling is special - as different from each other as one could possibly imagine.... Continue reading

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The Heritage of Poverty

The late Helder Camara, Catholic Archbishop of Recife in Brazil, famously asked, Why is it that when I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist?... Continue reading

Posted Apr 24, 2013 at The Hames Report

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Letter to a Young Social Entrepreneur

This Letter to a Young Social Entrepreneur was written by Liam Black. Liam is co-founder of Wavelength. You can contact him via thesamewavelength.com or via Twitter @LiamABlack. The piece was first published at PioneersPost.com and is reprinted here with permission... Continue reading

Posted Apr 21, 2013 at The Hames Report

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Three Thoroughly Thoughtless Thinks

I will be uncharacteristically brief. This topic does not merit an extended argument. I have no time to waste on inanities. Yet neither can I remain silent. I am piqued. Outraged actually. The object of this outrage? Lengthy, obtuse, academic... Continue reading

Posted Apr 19, 2013 at The Hames Report

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Terrorism: A Modern Scourge

The calculated and disturbing use of violence weighs heavily on my mind this evening as memories of the bombing in Boston continue to resonate. Even here in South East Asia, half a world away from the East coast of the... Continue reading

Posted Apr 18, 2013 at The Hames Report

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Riotous Fun & Speed

Organising as performance art I want to write about two sublime examples of human beings at the peak of their abilities - individually and collectively. They know why they are doing what they do, pour joy and passion into how... Continue reading

Posted Apr 5, 2013 at The Hames Report

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An Easter Penance

I am the product of what is often euphemistically described as a broken home. I was just eight years old when my hitherto secure world imploded. In the space of a few minutes, though the emotional turmoil seemed unrelenting, I... Continue reading

Posted Mar 31, 2013 at The Hames Report

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Yeeha Yahoo!

Although I have a reputation for being incredibly serious, people who know me well appreciate my wacky sense of humour. I smile a lot - mostly at my own antics. Staying centered, not taking oneself too seriously, and laughing at... Continue reading

Posted Mar 8, 2013 at The Hames Report

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Where Angels Fear to Tread

Isn't it interesting that the Arab awakening began in Tunisia with a fruit vendor who was harassed by police for not having a permit to sell food — just at the moment when world food prices hit record highs? And... Continue reading

Posted Mar 5, 2013 at The Hames Report

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The Fog of War

Being human is to be fallible. We all have frailties and flaws. Sometimes these are of little consequence. But often we feel ashamed of our shortcomings and try to hide them by compensating for our mistakes in some way, quickly... Continue reading

Posted Mar 1, 2013 at The Hames Report

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The Leader's Dilemma

We are responsible not only for what we do but also for what we could have prevented Peter Singer - Ethicist Leaders across the world, young and old, men and women, in every sector of society, are encountering a moral... Continue reading

Posted Feb 22, 2013 at The Hames Report

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Thriving in the Transformational Age

The following piece was written by my dear friend Robb Smith following his presentation to a TEDxNevada meeting last week. Robb was previously the CEO of Integral Institute and is currently the founding CEO of the human development company Chrysallis.... Continue reading

Posted Feb 18, 2013 at The Hames Report

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Thanks Mike Much appreciated Take care and stay in touch Richard

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Finding America

Game Theory - based on the rationale that everyone acts in their own interest - is a pretty harsh and unforgiving way of seeing and understanding world affairs. It can also be a precise tool in the right hands. Since... Continue reading

Posted Jan 5, 2013 at The Hames Report

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Star Spangled Banners

A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within. Will Durant Many readers of The Hames Report will be aware of my oft-stated reluctance to be drawn into debates about the future of the United... Continue reading

Posted Jan 2, 2013 at The Hames Report

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Dancing Dragon

For at least as long as I can remember, pundits in the West have been predicting the imminent collapse of the Chinese miracle. If the speed of reform isn’t sufficient, then the unintended impacts of the one child policy will... Continue reading

Posted Dec 31, 2012 at The Hames Report

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At the Breaking of the Day

It is Christmas Eve. Yet how can that be? There is no crisp snow here. No Christmas tree. No presents to be seen. No Santa Claus or Yule Log. There are no carollers at the door... What mischievous charade is... Continue reading

Posted Dec 24, 2012 at The Hames Report

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Enabling the Human Spirit to Soar Again

In any closed system - like planet Earth - the ecological viability of economic activity is an inextricable component of past and present performance as well as latent potential. All human activity is reliant upon nature in one form or... Continue reading

Posted Dec 22, 2012 at The Hames Report

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A New Politics

Humankind's greatest crisis coincides with the rise of an ideology that makes it impossible to tackle. By the late 1980s, when it became clear that man-made climate change endangered the living planet and its people, the world was in the... Continue reading

Posted Dec 7, 2012 at The Hames Report

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Tilting at Windmills

The time for scepticism is long past. The time for informed action, though, is also quickly passing us by. As the UN climate negotiations continue in Doha "people all over the world are watching as floods wash away their lives,... Continue reading

Posted Dec 5, 2012 at The Hames Report

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Any Advance on Doha?

One of the signs of insanity, it is often asserted, is continuing to behave the same way, all the while expecting different outcomes. This week diplomats from around the world are converging on Doha where the 2012 international debate on... Continue reading

Posted Nov 25, 2012 at The Hames Report

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Reinventing Development

The Way It Is In 1945, the year of my birth, there were around 1.8 billion people inhabiting the planet. This was not many more than the previous millenium. Today there are more than seven billion. Yet the sixth billionth... Continue reading

Posted Nov 23, 2012 at The Hames Report

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Reviving Confucius

For those of us who grow up in the richly varied landscapes of Europe, where unanticipated changes seem to occur around every corner, rapidly morphing into the next surprise, or those of us accustomed to the frenetic pace of life... Continue reading

Posted Nov 10, 2012 at The Hames Report

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Global Warming Caused Hurricane Sandy

That's right. Global warming systemically caused Hurricane Sandy - and the Midwest droughts and the fires in Colorado and Texas, as well as other extreme weather disasters around the world. Let's say it out loud, it was causation, systemic causation.... Continue reading

Posted Nov 1, 2012 at The Hames Report

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A Civilized Society

There is a widespread belief the terms worldview and mindset are interchangeable. I cannot agree and contend there are profound differences. Furthermore that these differences matter. The former manifests as an explicit philosophy, shared view, or conception of the world... Continue reading

Posted Oct 28, 2012 at The Hames Report

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